Skelmersdale
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Sep 18, 2026
Frank HughesHOST
I f- I flagged them away.
Frank HughesHOST
I said, "I'm the chairman of Skelmersdale United Football Club, you know." [laughs]
AJ VergetteHOST
Don't mean tosh to them, apparently.
Frank HughesHOST
[laughs] Absolutely.
Frank HughesHOST
Let's go.
Frank HughesHOST
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the Speaking Frankly football show.
Frank HughesHOST
I'm Frank Hughes, the chairman of Skelmersdale United Football Club, and alongside me is my co-host and passionate press officer, AJ the Jet.
Frank HughesHOST
Not that being involved with a football club is a prerequisite for hosting a football podcast, but it certainly helps.
Nicola ForwoodHOST
So I am here right now to add it to all of your lists.
Nicola ForwoodHOST
So back in July, I was at the 285th running of Tord Valley parkrun in Tord Valley Park, Skelmersdale, West Lancashire, with 194 other finishers and 23 other fab, friendly volunteers.
Nicola ForwoodHOST
The website says the course is a near one-lap course through urban and rural settings on differing terrains, including underpasses, bridges, and riverbanks.
Nicola ForwoodHOST
But my description is the course is wild.
Tommy JHOST
And he got caught.
Tommy JHOST
We'll say hi to Dave Nolan over there in Skelmersdale.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
Ain't no good
Tommy JHOST
First one of Dave Nolan's, that is Chariots Running Around.
Chris WalklandCORRESPONDENT
And as far as the main auction is concerned, it's the highest price for four years.
Chris WalklandCORRESPONDENT
Uh, so some positive news there for Skelmersdale suppliers.
Chris WalklandCORRESPONDENT
Uh, in Europe land, I'm not seeing, uh, prices increase by anywhere near the extent they need to in order to pay for the milk prices that have been announced here.
Chris WalklandCORRESPONDENT
And the forward cheese prices from Stonex haven't increased this week yet and are at 3150 sterling for the short term.
Chloe TalbotGUEST
Yeah, it is small.
Chloe TalbotGUEST
So he's from the posh part of Skem.
Chloe TalbotGUEST
Is it
UrsulaHOST
just on the 56? 58.
Chloe TalbotGUEST
58, yeah.
Chloe TalbotGUEST
Oh, yeah, he'd come off the 57 and get on the 58, yeah.
Chloe TalbotGUEST
So he's from the posh part of Skem, if he is the posh part of Skem.
Chloe TalbotGUEST
He's from Ashurst and from a place called Birch Green and he nicknames the Birch Green Bag Heads.
Russell CashGUEST
We've managed inventory and kept availability at a really, really high level.
Russell CashGUEST
I remember within our Skelmersdale location, I think we took It's a little bit dated now.
Russell CashGUEST
A couple of years ago, we took one and a half million, I think, out of the Inland tree, but at the same time, improved availability from 85% to 97%.
Russell CashGUEST
So I think if we didn't have anything better to do with our pound notes, yeah, I think that would be a good idea, but I think we've got a lot of better things to do with our pound notes in terms of managing debt reduction.
ChrisHOST
And we'll ask if we're actually ready for our first league game on Saturday.
ChrisHOST
But first, there's one team we really need to talk about, the team that's taking the Premier League by storm, and that is Skelmersdale Town.
ChrisHOST
Lads, six games in the Premier Division, five wins.
ChrisHOST
Skem have made a pretty big statement since arriving in the top division, so a simple question to start with.
BirdyHOST
Where is it? I don't give a shit, bro.
BirdyHOST
Skelmersdale.
BirdyHOST
Where the hell is that? Where the fuck is that? I don't have a clue.
BirdyHOST
I just know it's next to Liverpool.
Luke OwenHOST
Yeah, we just talked about Skem.
Luke OwenHOST
We talked about Skelmersdale.
Luke OwenHOST
What? What's that? It's the town where all of my family live.
Luke OwenHOST
It's like, you know, a lot of people moved out of Liverpool, moved to Skem because it was like a new town in the 70s.
Frank HughesHOST
Yeah, no disgrace playing against Rylands and getting beaten anyway, is there? But yeah, like you say, we'll talk about that later.
Frank HughesHOST
But I can't remember what the scoreline was, but I think the North West Counties... representative side they battered them ah yeah and another player that was on there 49 years of age can still play a big part at Skem United Football Club played for us once before Mark Jackson okay around about 2013 I think under Tommy Lawson and he was there yeah yeah he was playing for the for the North West Counties he was he was good was he still brilliant listen I might be wrong there might be 30 no I'm pretty sure he's 49 pretty hell
AJ VergetteHOST
yeah plays for Lancaster City as well okay yeah
Frank HughesHOST
he's got a real good rich long league pedigree yeah he does brilliant good for him just trying to think who else was there that you might know I didn't manage to get a program and it's normally something that I would do in one of those charity games you get a program but I got yak into a few people and before you know it you're
1 HR 18 MINS LATER
Frank HughesHOST
Everybody scoots off to cream fields, including a lot of players.
Frank HughesHOST
I don't get it anymore.
Frank HughesHOST
I mean, back in my day when I was first in... chairman of Skem United Football Club the players that did go to attend Creamfields went later on in the evening they didn't skip the shower so they could get off nowadays the two skip the football
AJ VergetteHOST
depressing that isn't
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